Politics makes people stupid even in good times. Fear provokes irrationality. Given the parlous state of the U.S. economy, it's no surprise that the national conversation has grown shrill. Even so, ...

The News Tribune has been getting chastised by readers via letters to the editor for publishing a column by Roger Bezdek, who claimed the benefits of increased levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s ...

Hello all. As my first post here I'd like to refute some common arguments for austerity. Starting off: Argument 1: Stimulus doesn't work. Krugman's data is flawed and shows crowding out. As you can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I really try to ignore the ridiculous “debate" regarding banning AR-style “assault" rifles, but at some point I just feel I have ...

“I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.” — Charlie Munger One of the most common ways of refuting an argument is to call ...

Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, sent another letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday local time, firmly refuting the unreasonable arguments made by ...

Protestant apologist Jason Engwer, in his online article, “You Ought To Believe In A Real Absence,” wrote: Roman Catholics (and others) often criticize those who don’t believe in a physical presence ...